Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File W. 25828, Adam Follock, New York

SERVICE
NUMBER
New York
Follock, Adam " Van Valkenburgh " Van Volkenburgh.
W. 25828
B.L. Mt. 31.759-160-55
CONTENTS
" Valk
" Lany " Magdalena

19,979
New York.
Adams Holloco,
Herkimer Co. in the State of New York, was a private in the Company commanded Captain Harrison of the Regiment commanded Colonel Van Schaick in the New York line, for the term of nine months from 1 st of April 1782 to 3 rd of January 1783.
scribed on the Roll of New York at the rate of eight Dollars per month, to commence on the sixth day of Oct. 1828.
certificate of Pension issued the 15 th of October 1828 and sent to William B. Goff, Esq. Herkimer, New York.
Arrears to 4th of March 1829 $39. 74 Semi-ann. all'ce ending
39. 74.
{ Revolutionary Claim, Acts March, 18, 1818, and May 1, 1820. }

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State of New York
Henry Chapman
Schoharie County ss
County aforesaid being duly sworn doth depose and say that he is acquainted with Adam Follock and has been since the American Revolution and that he enlisted on the first or second day of April in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and one in a Company under Captain Harrison in the County of Schoharie aforesaid in a Regiment commanded by Col. Van Klief New York Line on the Continental Establishment for nine months and that he the said Adam Follock served during his time of enlistment faithfully and was honorably discharged from said Regiment on the third or fourth day of January in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and three and this deponent served in the Company with the said Adam Follock for and during the time aforesaid and that he was discharged in the City of Schenectady & further saith not
Sworn before me this 13th day of July 1828
Henry Chapman
George H. Mann Justice of the Peace
I certify that Henry Chapman who took the foregoing oath is a Credible Witness G. H. Mann J.P.
State of New York
Schoharie County ss. I. Alexander H. Mansel Clerk of said County
Do hereby certify George H. Mann was at the time taking the above affidavit & granting said certificate above a justice of the peace in the said County. that the signature
of G. H. Mann subscribed to the said above mentioned affidavit & certificate is the proper hand writing of said Justice. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of said County this nineteenth day of July 1828 A. H. Mansel Clerk

State of New York Rensselaer County ss
On the sixth day of October in the year of Our Lord one thousand Eight hundred & twenty Eight personally appeared in Open court to wit a Court of Common pleas held in and for the County of Rensselaer it being a court of Record and constituted such according to the Laws and Statutes of said State, Adam Follock a Resident in said County, aged sixty seven years who being first duly sworn according to Law doth on his Oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the provision made by the acts of Congress of the 18 th March 1818 and the 1 st of May 1820 that he the said Adam Follock Enlisted For the Term of nine Months, on the first day of April in the year of Our Lord one thousand Seven hundred & Eighty two in the County of Schenectady and State of New York in the Company commanded by Captain Harrison in the Regiment commanded by Col. Vanschaick in the line of the State of New York On the Continental Establishment that he continued to serve in the said Regiment until the fourth day of January in the year of Our Lord one thousand Seven hundred & Eighty three when he was discharged from the service, in Schenectady in the State of New York —
And in pursuance of the Act of the 1 st of May 1820 I do Solemnly swear

That I was a Resident Citizen of the United States on the 18th day of March 1818 and that I have not since that time by Gift Sale or in any Manner disposed of property or any part thereof with intent thereby so to diminish it as to bring myself within the provisions of an act of Congress Entitled "An Act to provide for Certain persons engaged in the land and Naval Service of the United States in the Revolutionary War" passed the 18th May 1818 and that I have not nor has any person in trust for me any property or securities, Contracts or debts due to me nor have I any income other than what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed and by me sub- scribed, And no changes have been made in my property since the 18th day of March 1818
Schedule —
One pig — $5- One bed & bedding — 8 Crockery & Cooking } — 5- Attentials } 18
One suit of Clothing for myself with a Shift of Shirts & Stockings And Also one suit with a like Shift of Shirts for my wife, I have a wife about sixty three years old Not Very Healthy I have no Children living to home with me Nor neither have I any Children able to Support Me — The reason why I did not apply for a pension

at an Earlier period is that I was very poor and I was determined to support myself so long as I was able by my own Industry, without calling on my Country for Assistance - I have not had any real Estate Nor any shift of property.
Since the 18th March 1818 -
his Adam + Follack Mark
Sworn before me this 6th
October 1828
John Mahon one of the Judges of Herkimer County Court -
It is the Opinion of the Court that the said Adam Follack did serve in the American Revolution as stated in his Declaration, and that the value of his property as stated in his schedule is worth but Eighteen Dollars Except the wearing apparel for himself and wife -
Theron Walter Therman Worcester John Mahon
Judges of the Court of Common Pleas in and for the County of Herkimer
I Elijah Beckwith Clerk of the County of Herkimer do hereby Certify that it appears to the Satisfaction of the Court that the said Adam Follack did serve in the Revolutionary war as stated in the preceding Declaration against the Common Enemy for the term of nine months under one Engagement on the Continental Establishment, I also certify that the foregoing Oath and the schedule thereto annexed

are Truly Copied from the Records of the Said Court, and I do further Certify that it is the Opin- =ion of the Court that the Total amount in Value of the property exhibited in the foregoing schedule is Eighteen Dollars besides the wearing apparel for himself and wife. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set My hand and affixed the Seal of the said Court On this 6th day of October Eighteen hun- =dred & twenty Eight
Oliver Beckwith Clerk By John Mahon Dep. Clerk
well -

State of New York County of Herkimer
§ Personally appeared before me a Justice of the
Peace within & for the County estate of said Mary Van Vol- -kembough aged Eighty Seven Years a resident of the Town of Columbia in the State of New York who being duly sworn according to law declares that she is the identical widow of Adam Van Volkenburgh deceased who was a private in the Revolutionary war. She further states that she is now the widow of Adam Van Volkenburgh She further declares that she receives under the act of Feb 2 d 1848 a Pension at the rate of Twenty Six Dollars per annum under the act granting Pension to widows that her said Pension certificate is in the following words & figures to wit: "Department of the Interior. Widows Pension. I certify that in conformity with the act of Feb 2 1848 Mary Van Volkenburgh widow of Adam Van Volkenburgh who was a private in the Revolutionary war is inscribed on the Pension list at the rate of Ninety Six Dollars per annum Commencing on the 1 st Day of July 1848 & continuing for life unless she should again marry in which case the Pension is not payable after the time of such marriage deducting former payments at the rate of Twenty Six Dollars per annum. Given at the Department of the Interior this the Twenty seventh Day of March one Thousand Eight Hundred & fifty one. "I signed Alex H. Stant Secretary of the Interior. Examined & countersigned J. H. Kirt Commissioner of Pensions" — And for proof of her marriage & her husband's death & service she refers to all her proofs which are now on file in the Pension Office and she further declares that she has not before applied for & she believes she is entitled to Bounty land under the act of Congress passed March 3 1855 & she makes this Declaration to obtain said Bounty

Said & Affiants Rufus W Brain of Peps corners the- -under bo. N.Y. to prosecute her claim & receive her warrant to when issued. - B Mary the Van Volkenburgh mark
We David Barger and John Barger residents of the Town of Columbia in the State of New York upon our oaths declare that the foregoing declaration was signed & acknowledged by Mary Van Volkenburgh in our presence; & that we believe from the appearance & state- ments of the Applicant that she is the identical person she represents herself to be that she receives a Pension from the U.S. Government.
David Barger John Barger
The foregoing declaration & affidavit were sworn to & subscribed before me this the 4 th Day of April A.D. 1855 & I certify that I know the affiants to be credible persons. That the claimant is the person she represents herself to be. & that the said Mary Van Volkenburgh has in her possession an original Certificate of Pension shown me a true copy of which is set forth in her said declaration & that the number of said Certificate is 4051. I also certify that I have no interest in this case & am not concerned in its prosecution.
Philip Hauer Justice of the Peace
State of New York, HERKIMER COUNTY CLERK'S OFFICE, } ss.
E. T. CLELAND, Clerk of the County of Herkimer, DO CERTIFY that
Philip Hauer Esquire, whose name is subscribed to the certificate and jurat of affidavit of the annexed instrument, was at the date thereof, a Justice of the Peace in and for the said county, dwelling in said county, duly elected and sworn; and that I am well acquainted with his hand-writing, and verily believe the name subscribed to the said certificate and jurat of affidavit, to be his genuine signature.
In Witness Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said county, at Herkimer, this day of June A. D. 1855
Wm H. Barry Clerk.
170726

State of New York County of Herkimer
On this fourteenth day of February one thousand eight hundred and thirty nine personally appeared before the Court of Common Pleas of the County of Herkimer before the Judges thereof in open Court, the same being a court of record. Mary Van Falkenburgh a resident of the town of Columbia in the County of Herkimer and State of New York aged Sixty nine years last November who being first duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the provision made by the act of Congress passed July 7. 1838 Entitled "An act granting half pay and pensions to certain widows". That she is the widow of Adam Van Falkenburgh who was a soldier in the service of the United States in the Revolutionary war. That he in the war resided in Schoharie in the State of New York and there enlisted and served different terms of enlistment the length of time she does not recollect, and she thinks also he served in the Militia Service during said war. That after the war he resided in Schoharie aforesaid some years, then removed from there to Columbia in the County of Herkimer, and from Columbia to German Flatts in said County of Herkimer and that while residing in German Flatts he applied for a pension and drew a pension at the rate of Ninety Six dollars per annum until his death, which said pension he drew about two and a half years before his death.
She further declares that she was married to the said Adam Van Falkenburgh in the month of November (the day she cannot recollect) in the Year Seventeen hundred and Eighty seven, that she was seven years old at the commencement of the war, fourteen at the close of the war and eighteen when she was married as aforesaid. That they were married in Schoharie by the Rev. Mr. Puffe at the house of said Puffe. That she was then residing with her father John Borst, and she and the said Adam Van Falkenburgh went from her said father's house in a wagon in company with a number of others, then having been two wagons with guests, to the house of the said Rev. Mr. Puffe a distance of about six miles. The ground was frozen quite hard. That Dennis Trooman took her and the said Adam Van Falkenburgh to the house of said Rev. Mr. Puffe and was present when they were married.

That she never heard that the said minister ever kept a record of their marriage act . that the said Mr. Puffle afterwards moved away and as she was informed to Canada and died there. that she has no record of her marriage
That her husband the aforesaid Adam Van Falkenburgh died on the 28 th day of October Eighteen hundred and thirty in the town of German Flatts aforesaid. that she was not married to him prior to his leaving the service. but the marriage took place previous to the first of January Seventeen hundred and thirty four at the time above stated. That she has not since been married and remains his widow now
Sworn & Subscribed in Open Court the day and year first above written - Given under my hand and Seal of office this 14 February 1839 I am his Lany Van Falkenburgh much J. D. Dyer Clerk

Larry Van Valkenburg N.Y.
act. 7. July '38
Catg. Compt. 8mld
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J. A. Rasback Esq. Heikener N.Y.

State of New York Schoharie County, ss.
I, Samuel Robinson, do certify that on an examination of the ancient Register of Marriages of the High Dutch Reformed Church of the town and County of Schoharie, I find therein recorded, among the marriages, as follows: Seventeen hundred and eighty nine nineteenth Nov. Adam Valk mit Magdalena Borst. And I further certify that the foregoing is a true Copy of the Record with the exception of the date which is ex- press'd on the Record in fair legible figures as follows 1789. 19 Nov. Adam Valk mit Magdalena- Borst. I Samuel Robinson, above named do depose and say that I am Pastor of the High Dutch Reformed Church aforesaid and that the above is a true extract from the Records of said church with the exception above named as certified by me.
Samuel Robinson
Subscribed and Sworn this 5 th day of September 1839 before me
J. C. Lawrence
Commissioner of Deeds of said County
State of New York Schoharie County ss. I, William M. Horton Clerk of the said County. do. certify that George Lawrence before whom the foregoing Affidavits. purports to have been sworn, was at the date of the same a Commissioner of Deeds. in and for the said County and that I am acquainted with his hand writing, and verily believe his name subscribed to the said Affidavits to be his proper hand writing and signature. Witness my hand and seal of office this 5 th day of September 1839 W. M. Horton Clerk.

State of New York Schoharie County, } ss.
Sydia Bline, being duly sworn, saith that she is a sister of Adam Van Vollenburgh who was commonly called Adam Follock or Valk; that he was a soldier of the Revolution, and a pensioner of the United States of ninety six dollars per annum at the time of his death as she has been informed and and believed; that he died, as she has also been in- formed and believed, on the 29 th day of October 1830, in the County of Herkimer in said State: and she further saith that she was married to Mag- dalena Borst commonly called Lena Borst by the Priest of what is now called, the High Dutch Church Reformed Church in Schoharie, in the Fall of 1789 that she was present at the marriage.
Subscribed and sworn to this 5 th day of September 1839 before me Geo. Lawrence
her Sydia Bline mark
Commissioner of Deeds of said County.
I certify that the above named Sydia Bline is a person of veracity Geo. Lawrence

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May 22, 1926
Mrs. C. A. Carroll 233 Church St., Herkimer, New York.
Madam:
I have to advise you that from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim W. 25828 it appears that Adam Fellock while a resident of Schoharie, Schoharie County, New York enlisted April 1, 1782, served as a private in Captain Joseph Harrison's Company, under Colonels Van Schaick and Marinus Willett in the New York Troops and was discharged January 4, 1783.
He was allowed pension on his application executed October 8, 1828 while a resident of German Flatts, Herkimer County, New York aged sixty-seven years. He died October 28 or 29, 1830 in German Flatts, New York.
Soldier married November 19, 1789 in Schoharie, Schoharie County, New York, Magdalena, or Lany, Borst, born in November 1769, daughter of John Borst. Marriage was recorded in the High Dutch Reformed Church of Schoharie, New York where soldier's name appeared as Adam "Valk".
Soldier's widow applied for pension February 14, 1839
Miss Wilson Old the Colonels first could not verify it. we used both the old Old in plantation of the plantation of the soldier

as Lany Van Valkenburgh (and was pensioned as Van Volk- enburgh) while a resident of Columbia, Herkimer County, New York, at which time she stated that while living in Schobarie they were always called by the name of " Fol- lock " and since residing in Herkimer County the English people had called them by the name of "Van Valkenburgh ". She died July 31, 1861 in Herkimer County, New York.
They had children, but no names are given.
Respectfully,
WINFIELD SCOTT Commissioner

New York 7658-
Reps 15 Sept
Sarah Van Volkenburgh widow of Adam Van Volkenburgh, alias Follock who was a pensioner under the Act of 1818 - and who died on the 29th: October, 1830 - of Herkimer in the State of N. Y. who was a private in the Company - commanded by Captain Harrison of the commanded by Col. Van Schaick in N. York - time for 8 mos: 4 days -
Assigned on the Roll of Albany - at the rate of 27 - Dollars 10 - Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1836.
Certificate of Pension issued the - 14th - day of September 1843 and sent to J. A. Ros- bach, Herkimer, N. Y.
Whole amount due . . . . . $135.50
[Act July 7, 1838.]
Recorded by Heikemans Clerk,
Book 1 Vol. 2 Page 108 -

232 Church St. Herkimer N.Y. March. 23/1926.
Winfield Scott. Commissioner of Pensions Washington D.C.
Dear Sir, I wish to get the War record of one Adam Vanvoltingburg - a Soldier who died Oct. 28-1830 aged 67. and whos wife Lany Vanvoltingburg drew a pension till July 31- 1861. died aged 94 yrs 10 mo. The wife at the time of her death was a residence of Columbia Herkimer Co. N.Y. The same Lany Van Voltingburg when a child was taken in

The Fort at Scobarie and kept seven (7) years.
Adam Van rollingburg - and Lany Van rollingburg are my mothers great grandparents. any information will be very gratefully received.
Yours respectfully. (Mrs. C. A. Buel) Erra Edick Carroll. Registrar Gen Nicholas Hukimer Chapter. Hukimer New York.

Big
WIDOW, &c.
No. 26828
Lang Van Volkenburg or Colack wid of
Adams Van Volkenburg or Colack Prs New Mar
Act: Feb 24 '45
Res: Vol. B Page 297
[Arrangement of 1870.]

4851.
Let to J. A. Rasbach
29
Miss. J. A. R. Albany
Pension
Mary Ann Volkenburgh widow of Sam Volkenburgh who was a Private in the Revolution
Enscribed on the Roll at the rate of 27 Dollars 10 Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1843.
Certificate of Pension issued the 5th day of Feb. 1844 and sent to J. A. Rasbach West Renss N. York
[Act of March 3, 1843.]
Recorded in Book A Page 215

31759
5 Newbury

W. H. York 1000 Walnut St. Philadelphia Pa. June 29 1839 June 30 Oct. 1839 Mary Hollock
Act July 1838

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20 7 28
Porter Esqr Secretary at War City of Washington
Adam
Printed
Colt's Manufacturing Co.
Colt Van Storch's Regt
N York
from 1 Sept 1862 to 3 Jany
1863 for $88 per mo
Amount $500.00 1868
Ex
William B. Goff Jr
Esq
Herkimer
N York
Herkimer 5 Oct 9
Herkimer N.Y. Oct 10
Prison off Pensions office 14 Oct 7

20 7 28
7 Dec
Porter Esqr Secretary at War City of Washington
14 Dec Pension Office
Adam Isbick Private Capt. Harrison's Compy Col Van Schaick's Regt N York Line. 9 Month from 1 April 1782 to 3 Jany 1783 pay at $8 pr mo Comming to Octobr 1828
William B Hoff & Herkimer N York Herkimer N.Y. Oct 10

Pension Off Pension Office 14 Oct
20 7 25 Peter Ely Resident at New City of Washington
Adam Schenck Printed Capt. Harrison's Ample Col. Van Schenck's Reg. N York Line. 9 Month from 1 April 1852 to 3 Jany 1853 pay at $8 per mo Amount 6 Oct 1858
William B Goff & Co Oct 10 Hickory Hickory N York

To the Hon.
Peter B. Porter Esq.
Secretary of War -
Sr Enclosed is
Send you the papers of Mr Adame Follock claiming a pension under the different Acts of Congress &c
Will you have the
Goodness to transmit the Certificate directed to me in the Village & County of Herkimer State of New-York
Herkimer October 9 th 1828 Yours sincerely
William B. Ross

State of New York } Rensselaer County } 4
Philip Barger being of Columbia in said County being duly sworn says that he was born and brought up in Albany County, and removed from there about Twenty seven Years since into the the County of Schoharie where he resided until about Eighteen Years since when he removed into Rensselaer County where he now resides - That while he resided in Schoharie County he became well acquainted with Adam Follock, Lany his wife and the family that they resided about one and a half miles apart from his  his  deponent  that a number of Years after this deponent removed into Rensselaer County, the said Adam Follock, and the said Lany his wife and their family also removed into Rensselaer County, and resided near the residence of this deponent and he was intimately acquainted with them. That the said Adam received a pension for Revolutionary services about ten or Eleven Years since. That he drew a pension of Forty six dollars a Year a few Years before his death that he died the 28 th or 29 th of October 1830. That in the after part of his life he was by some people called Adam Van Valkenburgh, but that the greater portion of People particularly the Dutch people called him Follock, and that since his death, she has resided in a neighbourhood principally of English people and they have generally called her Mrs Van Valkenburgh, but that when any of her old acquaintances came they called her Follock, but that Whitney called Follock or Van Valkenburgh, she is the widow of the same man who was the Revolutionary Pensioner and who was called sometimes Follock, and afterwards by some Van Valkenburgh and is the same named in the annexed affidavits.
from Erasmus
their intimation before
leaving
Seven miles and from O. Feb 13 th day of July 1839
before me
Philip Barger
Chairman of a Judge of Rensselaer County Court

State of New York Wickham County
John Barger of Columbia in said county being duly sworn says that about twelve years ago he re- moved into the town of Middleburgh so called, in Schoharie County, that he then there became acquainted with Adam Follock and Lany his wife and their family, that they were neighbours and saw each other frequently - that from Schoharie County this deponent removed to the County of Wickham, and some years afterwards the said Adam & Lany his wife with their family also removed into Wickham County and in the neighbourhood of this deponent and their acquaintance continued intimate (they often visiting each other) until his death, that in the after part of his life the English people used to call him Adam Van Valkenburgh. That this deponent understood that the said Adam drew a pension, and heard at the time, that he received Ninety six dollars a year, and that the said Adam died some years since leaving his widow Lany who has mostly been called Mrs Van Valkenburgh since his death, and that he understood that the said Lany has made application for a pension and has understood that in her said application she called her name Lany Van Valkenburgh the widow of Adam Van Valkenburgh. This deponent states that from intimate acquaintance with the said Adam in his life time and with the said Lany he that whether she be called by one name or the other she is the widow of Adam Follock otherwise called Adam Van Valkenburgh and is the same mentioned in the annexed affidavit
the word "Lany" substituted before
signing
Subscribed and sworn to this 15 th day of July 1839 before me
John Barger
Notary public of Schoharie county courts and Chancellor's Prof. court

State of New York
Herkimer County, ss I John Dyer Clerk of the said County, do hereby certify that Charles Gray, Esq r before whom the several of the annexed affidavits purport to have been taken has at their date one of the Judges of the County Courts of said County and that John D. Rausbach Esq r before whom one of the annexed Affidavits has taken has at the date thereof a Justice of the peace of said County duly elected and qualified and further that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of the said Judge & Justice and verify their signatures are genuine
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of said County this 14 th September 1839
Dyer Clerk

State of New York County of Herkimer On this ninth day of July in the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty nine before me John A. Bastick a Justice of the peace in and for said County came before Levi Melick of Herkimer in said County aged Forty years, who being first duly sworn doth on his oath depose and say that he resided in Schoharie County in the State of said from his infancy until the year one thousand eight hundred and Twenty five when he removed to Herkimer County and has since then resided in Herkimer County. That while he resided in Schoharie County he was well acquainted with Adam Follock, who was then old a man and that he then understood that the said Follock was a Revolu- tionary soldier. That a few years after this deponent removed to Herkimer County the said Adam Follock also removed to Herkimer County. That after he then said Follock after he removed to Herkimer County applied and received a pension as this deponent was informed and believed and now believes. That the said application as this deponent was then informed was forwarded to the Pension office by one William B. Goff as the attorney of the said Follock. That after his residence in Herkimer as aforesaid the said Follock was by many called Adam Van Valkenburgh. That the said Follock or Van Valkenburgh has been dead some several years. This deponent cannot now state the number of years and that he left a widow, whose given name is Lany and that this deponent is informed and be- lieves that the said Lany the widow of the said Adam applied now lately for a pension under the law of the United States by the name of Lany Van Valkenburgh and that the man who was formerly called Adam Follock is the same that was afterwards called Adam Van Val- kenburgh and that his widow the said Lany is the same woman who was always called the

wife of the said Adam Follock afterwards called Adam Van Valkenburgh and is now his widow That this deponent was always well acquainted with the family of the said Adam & Lany. That he now frequently sees the old lady the said Lany and that they lived in the same neighbourhood There are "before me after the several, Erased before execution the words. "then, old & called,, interlined also before Execution Subscribed and sworn to before me July 9. 1839 John A. Rasbach Justice
Levi Welch

Werkimer N.Y. Feb, 19. 1839
Dr. Sir
Enclosed I forward you by the request of the claimants. three pension claims. for Mary Van Falkenburgh. Maria Getman & Catharine Schler. whose husbands were all Pensioners of the United States. and whose marriages all took place previous to the first of January 1794. and who are now the widows of the said persons who were Revolutionary pensioners.
Please give them your Early attention and inform me of the result. and if they are entitled to Pensions. they desired me to request you to send the pay certificates to me. address J. V. Wasbach Werkimer N.Y.
Reference may be had to Hon A Loomis House of Representatives
Your Most Obt. Servt.
Hon J. L. Edwards Chairman of Pensions
J. V. Wasbach

Sir
Verkinw N.Y. Sept. 14. 1839
Enclosed I forward You a number of affidavits in Explanation of the Claim of Lucy Van Valkenburgh now on file in Your office it seems that the Claim declaration and affidavits accompanying the same are in the name of Van Valkenburgh when the name should have been Follock or Volk owing to the Circumstance that the family in later years was by some called Van Valkenburgh and then removing into a different town. when people generally called them Van Valkenburgh - and owing to the misfortune also that the old lady as well as her family are almost entirely uneducated
But there is no doubt that the claimant by whatever name she may be called is the widow of the Revolutionary Soldier who a few years before his death was inscribed on the Pension roll and at the rate of Forty Six dollars per annum and drew that amount of Pension until his death which was but a few years after he was placed on the roll - and who was either called Adam Van Valkenburgh Adam Volk or Adam Follock. it seems now that her husband in his life time wrote his name Adam Follock.. and probably may be on the roll by that name
I am Sir Your Obet Servt.
Hon C. L. Edwards
J. A. Rasbach

Sir
Hartford (N.Y.) July 1. 1843
Enclosed I forward You as per Your request of May 26. 1843 The original pay roll of Captain House with the mark of a 35 55. opposite the name of Hannes Kroemer, being the German of John Cramer, the husband of Christina Cramer. Mr. House desires that the roll may be returned, I also in obedience to Your request, again obtained the Comptroller's Certificate which I herewith Enclose. It is claimed also that Cramer served under Capt. Highhead in 1777, & McKean in 1778 but no pay rolls of Highhead as early 1777, nor any at all of Capt. McKean can be found in the Comptroller's office as I am informed from that office —
I also Enclose the Comptroller's Certificate in relation to the claim of Larry Van Valkenburgh which claim was made several years since in reference to which You desired Evidence that a Capt. Harrison was in the service
J. L. Edwards Esq. Compt r of Pensions
Your Ob t Servant J. A. Washburn

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State of New York } Herkimer County ss }
On this Eighth day of November one thousand Eight Hundred and Fifty before me - Peter H. Warren a justice of the Peace, in and for said County, personally appeared Lany Van Valkenburg, and made oath in due form of law, that she is the widow of Adam Van Valkenburg who was a Revolutionary pensioner. That she is now on the roll of the Albany Agency at the rate of $27.00 per annum; that she believes herself entitled to an increase of pension, and also whatever may be found due her under any of the Acts and Resolutions which are applicable to her case -
Sworn and Subscribed } before me this Eighth day } of November - 1850 } Peter H. Warren justice
her Lany Van Valkenburg mark
State of New York, } ss. HERKIMER COUNTY CLERK'S OFFICE, }
I, Benjamin  Benjamin Barry, Clerk of the County of Herkimer, do certify that Peter H. Warren Esquire, whose name is subscribed to the certificate and jurat of affidavit of the annexed instrument, was at the date thereof, a Justice of the Peace in and for the said county, dwelling in said county, duly elected and sworn; and that I am well acquainted with his hand-writing, and verily believe the name subscribed to the said certificate and jurat of affidavit, to be his genuine signature
In Witness Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said county, at Herkimer, this 8 day of November A. D. 1850
Benjamin Barry
Clerk.

State of New York County of Dutchess
3 I, Lewis Krooman of the town of Redfield in the County of Otsego and State of New York, aged sixty eight years last fall who being first duly sworn according to law do on his oath say that in the Revolutionary war he was ac- -quainted with Adam Van Valkenburgh. that said Van Valken- -burgh then resided in Schoharie in the State of New York. that In this deponent's then resided with his father. that his father his mother and one of his brother's were killed and he this deponent and two of his brother's were taken prisoners and taken to Can- -ada and there remained prisoners one year. and in the year 1781. he this deponent with other prisoners were exchanged and sent home. that he was then a boy - that the said Van Valkenburgh resided with his father next neighbour to this deponent's father's family. that after the war this depo- -nent resided in Schoharie aforesaid. that he well recollects that he this deponent with his brother's waggon & horses took the said Adam Van Valkenburgh and Lany Borst from the house of her father to the house of the Rev d Mr Pfeffe and was present at the marriage of the said Adam and the said Lany. that he took them there to get married. this was in the month of November it was quite cold and the ground frozen hard thinks it was four years after the close of the revolutionary war may have been five years after but says he is positive it was not. Exceeding five years after said war that after their marriage this deponent was always well acquainted with the said Adam until his death and with the said Lany up to this time. thinks the said Adam died about eight years since. and he is now informed that the said Lany is about to make application for a Pension - understood that her husband the said Adam in his life time drew a Pension - that the said Lany now resides in Columbia
Frederick Krooman
Sworn before me this 14 th day of February 1839
John A. Rasbach Justice of the peace

And I the said Justice of the peace do hereby certify that from reputation of respectable men with whom I am acquainted. I am informed and believe that the said Dennis Noonan the informant to the within is a man of good character. and his statements Entitled to full credit
J. A. Kasha ch. J.P.

State of New York 3 Orleans County ss
Philip Barger of Columbia in the County of Orleans state aforesaid being duly sworn says that he was acquainted with Adam Van Valkenburgh deceased until his death which occurred about eight years since last fall that he became acquainted with the said Adam and his wife Mary Van Valkenburgh about twenty two years since and that since that time he has been intimately acquainted with them that the said Adam Van Valkenburgh drew a pension from the United States at the rate of ninety six dollars a year that he received his said pay about two and a half years before his death that Mary Van Valkenburgh who is now making application for a pension is the widow of the said Adam Van Valkenburgh that she resides in the town of Columbia in said county that this deponent will be forty five years of age the 23 rd day of March 1839
Philip Barger
Subscribed and sworn to before me this 14 th day of February 1839
J. H. Washburn Justice of the Peace
And I further Certify that I am personally acquainted with the above deponent that he is a man of good character and that his statements are entitled to full credit
J. H. Washburn Jr.

4798 Jan 25. Oct. 1830 Mary Brockh. No 87. d 30.
State of New York
Schenck County ss I John Dynt Clerk of said County do hereby certify that John D. Rarback Esq. before whom the annexed affidavits purport to have been taken was at the time a Justice of the peace in and for said County duly elected and qualified and that I am well acquainted with the hand writing of said Justice and firmly believe the signature to be genuine Given Under my hand and Seal of said County this 19 th February 1839
Dynt Clerk

Lady Van Valkenburgh 4798
Nov 1829 Nov 28 Oct 1830 Lady Follock
m 87. d 30.
State of New York
Adkins County ss I John Dyott Clerk of said County do hereby certify that John D. Rankin Esq before whom the annexed affidavits purport to have been taken was at that time a justice of the peace in and for said County duly elected and qualified and that I am still a commissioner with the said standing of said justice and thereby believe the signature to be genuine
Given Under my hand and seal of said County this 19 th February 1839
Dyott - Clerk

State of New York Schomberg County ss
John King of the
County aforesaid being duly sworn doth depose and say that he is acquainted with Adam Follock and has been ever since the American Revolution, and that he enlisted on the first or second day of April in the year of our Lord seventeen hundred and eighty two in a Company under Captain Harrison in the County of Schoharie aforesaid in a regiment commanded by Colonel Van Schaick New York Line on the Continental Establishment for Nine Months that the said Adam Follock served out his time of enlistment faithfully in the said Company and Regiment and was honorably discharged from said Regiment on the third or fourth day of January in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred & eighty three and this deponent was a Soldier and served in the Company during the above mentioned time with the said Adam Follock & further saith not
John King
Sworn before me this 8th day of July 1828
Green H. Mann Justice of the Peace
I certify that the above named John King who swore to the above affidavit I am personally well acquainted with that he is a credible witness and strict relia[n]ce may be placed on his testimony
G H Mann Justice of the Peace
July 8th 1828
Directions see that the blank is filled, in affidavit signed and sworn to, and that the above certificate is signed by the Justice. Then get the seal of the Clerk of the County & write his Certificate that the Justice who took the oath was regularly qualified on each office

State of New York
Schoharie County ss. I, Alexander H. Manschus Clerk of said County do hereby certify that George H. Mans- chus was at the time of taking the within affidavit granting the within certificate a Justice of the peace in Her said County. That the signature "G. H. Manschus" subscribed to the same is the proper hand writing of said Justice. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand & affixed the seal of said County, this ninth day of July 1828
A. H. Manschus Clerk

Sir
New Haven N.Y. January 19. 1844
Enclosed I forward the claim of Mary Van Waltenburgh for pension under the act of March 3. 1843, which I trust is all right and hope that the certificate will be returned if found for her as soon as may be
Respectfully Yours. Otho. Smith J. H. Washburn
J. S. Edwards Esq.
In relation to the claim of the children and heirs of Polly Bell widow of Christopher Bell about which considerable correspondence has been had and particular- ly as to the date of the marriage which was alleged to have taken place in the fall of 1782. I would state that since the receipt of your last letter on the subject I have seen Mr. John Bell one of the claimants. showed him your letter, and he has since spent much time, in search for some family record among the members of the fam- ily and friends, by which to fix the date of the marriage but has been thus far unable to discover any. the proof being certain that the marriage did take place about that time, but not so certain that it took place before the last period of his service. There can be no hesitation for allowing the pension under the act of July 7. 1838, under which act the children under the circumstances are willing to receive the certificate. the claim in the first place was under each of the two acts as the proof would warrant, and was afterwards at your request made under the act of July 4. 1836. so that under the first claim I suppose you can have no

doubt for issuing the certificate under the act of 1838.
There is one perhaps living as is understood that might probably be able conclusively to fix the time of marriage so as to bring them under the act of 1836 but the children say the trouble and expenses to them has been great, and there is no certainty that if they get her testimony it will be positive or so as to make it equal to second proof — they therefore consent to take a certificate under the act of July 7, 1838.
J. L. Edwards Esq.
Yours obed. Servt. J. A. Rabbach

West Roxbury Mass Sept. 22. 1838
Sir Enclosed I transmit the claim of Mrs Van Valkenburgh for a pension under the act of 2 nd July last. please have the papers attended to as soon as may be.
I should like a copy of the act with the instructions &c.
Respectfully Yours O. H. Smith J. H. Washburn
J. L. Edwards Esq Compt. of Pensions

NY
No. 4051
act Feb 2 - 1838)
Lany Van Volkenburgh
file

To the Commissioner of Pensions Washington
Sir,
Larry VanDusen- burgh (widow of Adam VanDusenburgh) died July 31, 1861 at the time of her death she held a Pension Certificate for $96. per year She resided in the county of Herkimer in the State of New York and Letters of Administration have been duly granted unto Philip Barger Will you please inform me whether there is any particular form of proceeding to go through in order for the administrator to draw the pension from the 4 th March to 31 July 1861 and enuch other —
Very Respectfully Yours
J. M. Wightman
Mohawk Herk. Co. N.Y. October 22 d 1861
J —

Payment to be made at Albany by
Thos. M. [unclear] Esq. Agent for paying [unclear] in the Agency of New York
Payable on the 4th September and 4th March
Recorded in the Pension Office on the Roll of Pensioners under act February 2d, 1848, Page 289 Vol. 4,
Geo. [unclear] Clerk.

WAR DEPARTMENT.
WIDOW'S PENSION.
I certify that in conformity with the act of February 2d, 1848, Lany Van Volkenburgh widow of Adam Van Volkenburgh who was a Private in the revolutionary war, is inscribed on the pension list at the rate of Twenty Seven dollars and Ten cents per annum, commencing on the 4th of March, 1848, and continuing for life, unless she should again marry; in which case the Pension is not payable after the time of such marriage.
Given at the War Office of the United States this 27th day of February one thousand eight hundred and Sixty nine .
W. L. Marcy.
Secretary of War.
Examined and Countersigned.
J. S. Hunt Commissioner of Pensions.

In pursuance of a law passed the 27th of April, 1784, entitled "An act for the settlement of the pay of the Levies and Militia, for their services in the late War, and for other purposes therein mentioned," the following certificates have been issued, bearing interest at five per cent per annum, viz :
  21 st Dec r 1780 Adam Falkenburgh Private £ 0 5 0   do do do 0 10 8   31 st Dec r 1782 do do 20 16 0   21. 11 8   p ri 8 mo 4 ds
STATE OF NEW-YORK, COMPTROLLER'S OFFICE, Albany, June 29 th 1843.
I hereby certify the above to be true extracts from Book No. 2. 3. 4. now remaining in this office, and that the service for which the certificates above named were issued, were performed under the following officers, viz :
  First—under Capt. Jacob Hager in Col. Peter Vrooman Regt.   Second, " " do " " do "   Third, " " Joseph Harrison " " Marinus Willett "   Fourth, " " " " "   Fifth, " " " " "   Sixth, " " " " 20. 90. 72 "   Seventh, " " " " 764 80 "   Eighth, " " 20 - 90 - 5 3.95 " " 224 "   Ninth, " " " " 8. 4 "   Tenth, " " " " " 
20 ) 48 5 5 5 0  24 2  5 3.95  40  13.95 3 6
Philip Phelps  Benjamin D. D. D.
6 weeks
39. 355  62
8.6.
6
7.15

State of New York
(Ulster County)
On this 8 th day of September 1848 person- ally appeared before the undersigned a justice of the peace in and for said county, duly authorized by law to administer oaths. Mrs. Lany Van Valkenburgh a resident of Columbia in the said county and state aged Eighty one Years who being first duly sworn according to law doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the provision made by the act of Congress passed the 2 nd February 1848 granting pensions to the widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary war: that she is the widow of Adriaen Van Valkenburgh who was a private in the service of the United States in the War of the Revolution and that she has drawn a pension at the rate of twenty seven dollars and ten cents per annum under the Act of 17 th June 1844. She further declares that she is still a widow
Subscribed and sworn to
before me this 8 th day of September
1848 J. A. Rasbach justice of the peace
Lany her Van Valkenburgh
In presence of
John P. Sharer
I certify that the declarant is personally known to me and that she is the same individual she represents herself to be in the foregoing affidavit
J. A. Rasbach justice of the peace

State of New York Herkimer County
SEAL
I Stanislaus Barry Clerk of the County of Herkimer do Certify that John A. Rasmann Arguire, whose name is subscribed to the jurat of affidavit and Certificate hereunto annexed was at the time of taking said affidavit at the date thereof a justice of the Peace, in and for said County, dwelling in the said County duly Elected and Sworn, and that I am well acquainted with the handwriting of such justice and hereby believe his signa- -tures to the said jurat and affidavit to be his genuine Signatures. In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of said County at Herkimer this 10 th day of February A.D. 1849. Stanislaus Barry. Clerk

State of New York Dutchess County ss. On this Seventeenth day of January 1844 personally appeared before the undersigned justice of the peace of said County. Mary Van Valkenburgh a resident of the town of Columbia in said County aged Seventy Eight Years who being first duly sworn according to law, doth on her oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefits of the provision made by the act of Congress passed on the 3 rd March 1843 granting pensions to widows of persons who served during the Revolutionary war that she is the widow of Adriaen Van Valkenburgh who was Enlisted and served as a private in Capt Harrison's Company and under other officers in the militia in the Revolutionary war that the annual amount of pension which she was allowed under the act of July 7. 1838 is twenty seven dollars and ten cents. and she further declares she is still a widow Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year above written before me
Mary Van Valkenburgh mark
J. A. Rosbach Justice serving David Barger
Dutchess County ss. I hereby certify that Mary Van Valkenburgh the above declarant is personally known to me. and that she was allowed a pension under the act of July 7. 1838. and that she made her mark be- cause she never read nor she alleges. — J. A. Rosbach justice
State of New York Dutchess County ss. I certify that J. A. Rosbach Esq. whose signature appears to the above sworn to the above affidavit & also to the above Certificate was on the day of the date thereof a Justice of the Peace duly elected & qualified and that I am well acquainted with his handwriting & believe the above signa- ture an genuine. Witness my hand seal of said County Jan'y 18. 1844. E. A. Munn Clerk

State of New York Herkimer County
On this thirteenth day of July, one thousand eight hundred and thirty nine personally appeared before me Charles Gray Judge of Herkimer County Courts Lany Van Valkenburgh of Columbia in said County by the widow of Adam Van Valkenburgh deceased who was a Revolutionary pensioner of the United States at the rate of Ninety Six Dollars per annum. That his pension commenced in October 1828. and that he died on the 29th day of October 1830 that the said Adam her said husband in his life time was always called Adam Follock until the last few years of his life when he was by many called Adam Van Valkenburgh. and that since his death when he or the family have been spoken of by the neighbours they have usually been called by the name of Van Valkenburgh. That previous to their residence in Herkimer County they the said Adam and the said Lany with their family resided in Schoharie County. That they removed from Schoharie to Herkimer County twelve years since. That whilst they resided in Schoharie County the said Adam and his family were always called by the name of Follock. and that since their residence in Herkimer County the English people called them by the name of Van Valkenburgh. That he had some relatives by the name of Van Valkenburgh. and that having been called for the last seven or eight years by the name of Valkenburgh. she this deponent so called her name as the widow of Adam Van Valkenburgh in her application for a pension which was mailed to the Commissioner of Pensions February 20. 1839. and that at the time she did not think of mentioning that her said husband had until his death been called by the name of Adam Follock and that he was pensioned by that name. but that she is the widow of the said Adam Follock or Van Valkenburgh who was pensioned as before stated. and that his pension application at the time he first applied and received a pension was forwarded to the Pension department by one William B. Coff who has removed this deponent does not know where. That she knows of no other reason for changing the name than the reason before stated and that being called

Some people by the name of Van Falkenburgh, and that after- wards removing into an other neighbourhood, was called Mrs. Van Falkenburgh and so styled her name in her original application to the Commission of pensions which was mailed as before stated on the 20 th of February 1839 - and that in her application then made she did not think of the change of name and therefore did not state that she was the widow of Adam Follock deceased but now she states that she is the widow of Adam Follock deceased who was a Revolutionary pensioner of the United States whose family may was finally disavowed and who died October 29 th 1830. and who was by some persons in the after part of his life called by the name of Adam Van Falkenburgh - and that she has not since been married and remains his widow now.
I am Van Falkenburgh alias Follock
firm interest on drawing before
signed Subscribed and sworn to this 13 th day of Feb. 1839
before me Percy Murray Esq. Clerk of Herk. County Courts